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The population of Taiwan is approximately 23.35 million as of April 2023. [1]Immigration of Han Chinese to the Penghu Islands started as early as the 13th century. The main island was inhabited by a diversity of Taiwanese indigenous peoples speaking Austronesian languages until Han settlement began in the early 17th century, around the time of the Ming–Qing transition, when workers were ...
By the end of 2009, one in ten people in Taipei was over 65 years of age. [59] Residents who had obtained a college education or higher accounted for 43.48% of the population, and the literacy rate stood at 99.18%. [57] Like the rest of Taiwan, Taipei is composed of four major ethnic subgroups: Hoklos, Waishengren, Hakkas, and aborigines. [57]
National Standard Time [I] is the official time zone in Taiwan defined by an UTC offset of +08:00. This standard is also known as Taipei Time (臺北時間), Taiwan Time (臺灣時間) or Taiwan Standard Time (TST). [1]
Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] [j] is a country [27] in East Asia. [m] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area (Chinese: 臺北基隆都會區; pinyin: Táiběi-Jīlóng Dūhùiqū) also commonly known as Greater Taipei Area (Chinese: 大臺北地區; pinyin: Dà Táiběi Dìqū) is the largest metropolitan area in Taiwan. It is composed of 3 administrative divisions: Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung.
Code Province County/City English name Native name Type Population [a] Area (km 2) Population density (/km 2) Population 2010 [b] Population change [c]; 65000010 New Taipei City
Taipei: 1979-01-01: 2010-12-25: Became a district in special municipality of New Taipei: Zhonghe: 中和市: Tiong-hô-chhī: Taipei: 1979-01-01: 2010-12-25: Became a district in special municipality of New Taipei: Xindian: 新店市: Sin-tiàm-chhī: Taipei: 1980-01-15: 2010-12-25: Became a district in special municipality of New Taipei ...
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